New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
A YEAR OF STEEE CLEANING.
A BAD WINTER AND LITTLE MONEY.

"hAi COMMISSIONER COLEMAN HAS DONE WIFE
REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS.
commissioner Coleman has prepared and presented TO
inc Mayor his report OF the operations and expenditure
Oh the street Cleaning Department for 1886 He states
tnat the work Of street cleaning been aruous and be
yet with many obstacles The principal difficulties which
the Department has had contend with are stated In
this way.
Badly paved streets the Of proper receptces fol-
ana carriage street obsructons ripping up
Cost Of securing facilities Tor dsposins the mate
%s%. &s Pt.oHS1 q public
lna ans s the H%neer Of AZ
inches for 1851 ndrsnces to the work Of street Clean
ing IN 1885 were considerably augmented.
Inc city has population estimated at 100000 and
contains GOA 81 miles OF roadways not including those
within parks OF these there are under the charge of the
Department of Public Works Alb so miles, divided as fol-
lows; Trap blocks 23625, granite blocks 10 40 cobble
stones 20 30 macadam 2777. asphalt O. 49, dirt roads
49.lO There are In the Annexed District under the
charge OF the Department OF Parks: Dirt roads 1896
macadam 90 90 trap blocks 506 total OF 19O 90 miles
Inc macadamzed roads not cleaned by the Depart
ment OF Street Cleaning The dirt roads require no sweep
inf The remainder o. the roadways representing $40
miles, with estimated superficial area of 1889 200
set schedne While S f he Psnrs s 81 me
streets the ashes and garbage taken up thoroughly
The whole city divided into four districts with Broad
way as the dividing line below Foureenth-st, and Sew
far as Forty-socona-st, aud thence siItH.
ave. to the Harlem River. Two Of these districts
St are cleaned by contract The remaining districts are
sundlvded into precincts neatly corresponding TO the
The paved streets OF the city under the charge Of the
department OF Street Cleaning are classified follows
arstcass nftythree miles cleaned daily secondclass,
200 miles, cleaned three times week thrdcass sixty
hve miles cleaned twice week and fourthclass, twenty
Tour miles TO be cleaned when found necessary The re-
port goes on
s &:. s Of S Een
nre to the greater ta Of snow cart os. Of snow and
e the REDUCED as general which
swept while tho month OF June sT2 miles were
swept The fact That January and ice abound and
rsgulsTy and tai y June everything perform.
the older par. of the city lying
below fouteentst tho number Of miles OF streets swept
W when Is equivalent 20 and means that on an aver.
mate days A. matter o. fact however an The principal
week eIceP, during the winter prevalence
S0w and ice The Of the routine work
The total .nSaRt q ss6e: Collected Including permit"
ns.e,iA was Vl3Sls eartloads OF which tlbbiS ioas
Tss u ee9s nth And S 40 Load, above
in the total amount collected OF 1890 loads
the d G and @ month me OF
'he t collection was the largest being lO6ol0 loads
permit naiera 2s7 500 carloads. OF which l34743
~ loads the collections made above fourscnths IS
compared with 1889 the total amount collected 264O6
loads less which the result OF decreased
amount OF sweeping done.
nc smallest collection was that made IA January, being
3J loads and the largest that made In March being
SO006 loads The IN the latter instance IA due 10 tho
fact that with tho approach Of spring general hawng
GU, and loo.snng Of dir, that Ia, io mostly under
and ON the pavement and become firmly fixed thereto
that IL was impossible 20 gather 10 earlier
OF and Ice the total collected as $40
loads which gathered broadway from Thirty fourth
81 south and from other business principally
those leading 10 the ferries south Of foueeaths Compared
with 1855 there increase 5l9s loads in tho total
amount OF snow and Ice collected
Tho whole amount OF mater al received at the several
dumping places. l,30i1 $50 cart loais. or this
amount ss5 carloads taken 20 and only
Sl2i2 loads were taken away boats and used for
iliingin purposes near the city The appropr
ited by the Board OF Estimate for the OF the Depart
mont OF street Clean ng for 1886 was Sl.l0D00o The
gross expenditures amounted 10 09i 7S9 81 As
pared with 1885, there q decrease OF $50. 0l3 81
n tho cost Of the ooptraot work, and decrease OF
762 20 In the cost OF the corresponding done
the